Coat of arms of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone passport

Rank #79 · Strength 62 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 21.8

Sierra Leone passport

Citizens of Sierra Leone can reach 62 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 41 visa-free, 17 visa on arrival and 4 eTA. Ranked #79 for passport strength worldwide.

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41Visa-free
17Visa on arrival
4eTA
46e-⁠Visa
139Visa required

Sierra Leone passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 33% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Africa it ranks 15 of 54; the strongest in the region is Seychelles, with 167 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Japan require a consular visa; Australia issues an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 62 destinations, 46 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 139 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (41)

Bahamas Barbados Belize Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Cape Verde Cook Islands Côte d’Ivoire Dominica Eswatini Fiji Gambia Ghana Grenada Guinea Guinea-Bissau Haiti Jamaica Kenya Kiribati Lesotho Liberia Malaysia Mali Mauritius Micronesia Niger Nigeria Palestine Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Senegal Singapore Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu Uganda Vanuatu

Visa on arrival (17)

Bahrain Bangladesh Bolivia Burundi Cambodia Comoros Ethiopia Macao Madagascar Malawi Maldives Namibia Nepal Palau Pitcairn Islands Saint Lucia Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (4)

Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Sri Lanka Suriname

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (46)

Albania Angola Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bhutan Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands DR Congo Djibouti El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Gabon Heard Island and McDonald Islands India Indonesia Iran Iraq Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Libya Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Mozambique New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Qatar Sao Tome and Principe Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Venezuela Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe

Visa required (139)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Armenia Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Japan Jersey Jordan Kuwait Laos Latvia Lebanon Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Myanmar Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Russia Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Saudi Arabia Serbia Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sudan Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Åland Islands

What the index measures

  • 248 destinations, countries and territories
  • Strength = visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA; e-⁠Visa is not taken into account.
  • Passports with the same score share a rank

Data sources

  • Government portals of each destination.
  • Immigration authorities, foreign ministries, and official e-⁠Visa and eTA portals.
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Method

  • How each entry condition is classified
  • The limits of the data and how to check official sources
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